Tag: fbi

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January 27, 2015
01/27/2015
FBI Having Trouble Hiring Hackers Because They’re All Stoners

FBI Having Trouble Hiring Hackers Because They’re All Stoners

Federal government officials have complained of the difficulty in hiring good hackers because most of the talent they’re looking for also happen to smoke weed.
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May 22, 2014
05/22/2014
FBI Director Clarifies ‘Funny’ Marijuana Comments

FBI Director Clarifies ‘Funny’ Marijuana Comments

FBI Director James Comey clarified Wednesday that he has no intention of changing the bureau’s current marijuana policy, which bans employing anyone known to have used pot in...
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May 21, 2014
05/21/2014
FBI ‘Grappling’ With Hiring Policy Concerning Marijuana

FBI ‘Grappling’ With Hiring Policy Concerning Marijuana

FBI Director James B. Comey said Monday that if the FBI hopes to continue to keep pace with cyber criminals, the organization may have to loosen up...
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April 23, 2014
04/23/2014
Minnesota: African Americans Six Times More Likely Than Whites to Be Arrested for Marijuana Possession

Minnesota: African Americans Six Times More Likely Than Whites to Be Arrested for Marijuana Possession

African Americans are arrested for marijuana possession offenses in Minnesota at a rate that is more than six-times higher than that of Caucasians, according to an analysis of 2011...
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April 18, 2014
04/18/2014
Nebraska in Top 10 Marijuana Strict States

Nebraska in Top 10 Marijuana Strict States

A list compiled by an addiction treatment organization lists Nebraska as one of the nation’s most strict when it comes to marijuana arrests. According to the data, Nebraska...
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September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.09.25)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.09.25)

We have a doozy of a corruption tale out of West Virginia, a pair of Kentucky deputies get caught peddling pills, and a Georgia deputy gets nailed...
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September 17, 2013
09/17/2013
US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012

US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012

The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized, the...
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June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
ACLU: The War on Marijuana Has a Latino Data Problem

ACLU: The War on Marijuana Has a Latino Data Problem

In an article on Huffington Post, Lynda Garcia of the ACLU explains that the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports do not track ethnicity (only skin color?). This means...
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May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Mexico to Rein in US Agencies in Drug War

Mexico to Rein in US Agencies in Drug War

In a sharp break with the policies of his predecessor, recently installed Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is moving to restrict the open relationships US law enforcement,...
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April 17, 2013
04/17/2013
Are We Really “Going Dark”? — The DEA and Apple’s iMessage

Are We Really “Going Dark”? — The DEA and Apple’s iMessage

Special to Drug War Chronicle by Clarence Walker, freelancewriter82@gmail.com When the tech world news web site CNET published excerpts of a leaked DEA memo explaining how, during an investigation, the...
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October 30, 2012
10/30/2012
Marijuana Arrests Decline in 2011, but Still Total Half of All Illicit Drug Violations

Marijuana Arrests Decline in 2011, but Still Total Half of All Illicit Drug Violations

Police made 757,969 arrests in 2011 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total is a decrease from past years....
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
With a “Stingray,” Cops Can Turn Your Mobile Devices Into Tracking Beacons

With a “Stingray,” Cops Can Turn Your Mobile Devices Into Tracking Beacons

Law enforcement are using “stingrays,” which allows them to know who you are calling and the precise location of every device within the range of the mobile being...
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September 19, 2012
09/19/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.18)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.18)

04:28pm A Virginia prison guard smuggles heroin, a Pennsylvania cop steals and uses it, and a New Jersey cop pays off a prostitute with it, and...
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